Car News

Where you live influences what you drive

Tescocompare.com, the car insurance comparison site, reveals the car map of the UK - based on car insurance quotes for over half a million cars. The car map reveals that where you live really does have an influence on what car you drive.

Jaguar Land Rover welcomes boost for environmental technologies

Jaguar Land Rover warmly welcomed the announcement of government funding to help speed up the development of technologies that will significantly reduce CO2 emissions.

HSCC in 12,000 horsepower F5000 record bid

The HSCC is aiming to put together the largest-ever grid of Formula 5000s at Brands Hatch for the 2008 Autoglym HSCC Historic Festival (June 28th and 29th).

Rookie racer John Allison heads for second race

The VXR Racing Driver of the Year, John Allison, is preparing for his second ever race meeting in the Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup at Pembrey, Wales, this weekend, following his outstanding debut as a professional racing driver at Snetterton in April.

Ricardo consortia win funding for low carbon vehicle development programmes

The UK government’s Technology Strategy Board today announced funding of £23 million for 16 innovative low carbon vehicle development projects. Including partner contributions these projects collectively represent a total value of £52 million.

RoadSafe backs plans to establish at-work driving qualifications

Government proposals to develop qualifications for at-work drivers have been welcomed by RoadSafe, the organisation that is at the centre of promoting occupational road risk management to British business.

5th Wheel Lubricant from Lucas adds competitive edge

5th Wheel & Slider Lube reduces drag, and workshop time and is the latest word in 5th wheel trailer maintenance and reduced maintenance costs.

New partnership will globalize innovative in-car infotainment

Microsoft Corp. and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group (HKAG) have entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop the next generation of in-car infotainment systems.

Hyundai goes one better - a people carrier with room for eight

Big families, small businesses and anyone with lots of friends can rejoice – at last there is a classy way to carry eight people and luggage in a car that costs less than £20,000.

Alpina returns to racing

After a 20-year absence from the competitive scene, the manufacturer best known for their development of ultra-high-performance variants of the BMW model range is to field a race car based on the BMW ALPINA B6S in the FIA GT3 European Championship, as well as major endurance events.

Car sales buck trend

Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF): As expected the Bank of England has held interest rates at 5% in May. Although we are disappointed that there has not been a further cut in rates to stimulate the economy we believe that the current rate of interest rates should help keep consumer credit affordable.